A novel method for nonfluoroscopic catheter-based electroanatomical mapping of the heart: In vitro and in vivo accuracy results

Circulation

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1611-1622

  Gepstein, Lior ^a   Hayam, Gal ^a   Ben Haim, Shlomo A ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

arrhythmia; catheter ablation; electrophysiology; mapping

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SWINE;

EID: 0030901476     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.95.6.1611     Document Type: Article

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